Susan Scollie, Director of the National Centre for Audiology, and Rob Koch, founder and president of AHead Simulations, with some of the CARL patient simulators being used for research, traini …
Month: September 2019
Western brings yogurt enterprise to London
It has been 15 years since Western Heads East first introduced a social enterprise around its probiotic yogurt in Africa. Now, they are looking to replicate that success closer to home.
Daley targets data strategy in new role
If Western researcher Mark Daley succeeds in his newest role, the Western community will start using data in such a way that will transform the institution for the benefit of students, faculty and staff across campus.
Monk’s music echoes in award-winning book
Power, intrigue, religion, ambition, politics, and holy forgery. The life of medieval monk Adèmar de Chabannes had it all.
Stories of greed, courage and stupidity
Get an insider’s view of modern corporate culture – as well as a passing reference to a forgotten 1980s comedy starring a future Batman – when Darren Meister, the Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation, takes his turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Campus community urged to take extra precaution after incident on UC hill
Campus Police are urging the campus community to take extra precaution after an incident was reported on our campus late last night. A male approached two females outside the fenced-in concert venue on University College hill (UC hill) and touched them...
‘Big’ idea custom-made for fan experience
While hundreds of fans visited that giant Mustang purple Muskoka chair outside TD Stadium last weekend, they may not have known it to be the handywork of Dan Durack.
Alumna finds happiness by degrees on campus, in life
Gillian Mandich is relentlessly upbeat. It’s not that she has led a carefree, stress-free life. It’s just that Mandich works hard at happiness, having trained herself to treat it as a necessary state of life, not a fleeting state of mind.
Model shakes up earthquakes forecasting
Findings by a Western-led international research team may mitigate hazard, damage, even loss of life by helping forecast the largest possible earthquake within a series of quakes, according to a study published today.
Alumna’s Lucy inspires kids to get active, try
Author Lisa Bowes, BA’88 (Physical Education), recently released ‘Lucy Tries Basketball,’ the fifth book in her Lucy Tries Sports series which encourages children to get active and participate in sports and recreation.
Project eyes sector’s freedom of expression policies
An unprecedented look at freedom of expression policies on Ontario postsecondary campuses will offer new insights into how governments, universities and administrators understand their roles in protecting those foundational freedoms.
Western helps fine tune music lessons biz
If you have a musical destination in mind, but you need the perfect teacher to get you where you want to go, Zach Havens wants to be the matchmaker. That’s the idea behind Miistro, the former Western student’s latest business venture that looks to ‘unlock your inner Mozart.’
Campus springs back to life as Fall Term begins
Western grew exponentially in just a matter of days as the university welcomed approximately 31,000 students to campus as the 2019 Fall Term begins.
Western brings yogurt enterprise to London
It has been 15 years since Western Heads East first introduced a social enterprise around its probiotic yogurt in Africa. Now, they are looking to replicate that success closer to home.
Daley targets data strategy in new role
If Western researcher Mark Daley succeeds in his newest role, the Western community will start using data in such a way that will transform the institution for the benefit of students, faculty and staff across campus.
Monk’s music echoes in award-winning book
Power, intrigue, religion, ambition, politics, and holy forgery. The life of medieval monk Adèmar de Chabannes had it all.
Stories of greed, courage and stupidity
Get an insider’s view of modern corporate culture – as well as a passing reference to a forgotten 1980s comedy starring a future Batman – when Darren Meister, the Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation, takes his turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Campus community urged to take extra precaution after incident on UC hill
Campus Police are urging the campus community to take extra precaution after an incident was reported on our campus late last night. A male approached two females outside the fenced-in concert venue on University College hill (UC hill) and touched them...
‘Big’ idea custom-made for fan experience
While hundreds of fans visited that giant Mustang purple Muskoka chair outside TD Stadium last weekend, they may not have known it to be the handywork of Dan Durack.
Alumna finds happiness by degrees on campus, in life
Gillian Mandich is relentlessly upbeat. It’s not that she has led a carefree, stress-free life. It’s just that Mandich works hard at happiness, having trained herself to treat it as a necessary state of life, not a fleeting state of mind.
Model shakes up earthquakes forecasting
Findings by a Western-led international research team may mitigate hazard, damage, even loss of life by helping forecast the largest possible earthquake within a series of quakes, according to a study published today.
Alumna’s Lucy inspires kids to get active, try
Author Lisa Bowes, BA’88 (Physical Education), recently released ‘Lucy Tries Basketball,’ the fifth book in her Lucy Tries Sports series which encourages children to get active and participate in sports and recreation.
Project eyes sector’s freedom of expression policies
An unprecedented look at freedom of expression policies on Ontario postsecondary campuses will offer new insights into how governments, universities and administrators understand their roles in protecting those foundational freedoms.
Western helps fine tune music lessons biz
If you have a musical destination in mind, but you need the perfect teacher to get you where you want to go, Zach Havens wants to be the matchmaker. That’s the idea behind Miistro, the former Western student’s latest business venture that looks to ‘unlock your inner Mozart.’
Campus springs back to life as Fall Term begins
Western grew exponentially in just a matter of days as the university welcomed approximately 31,000 students to campus as the 2019 Fall Term begins.